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National Association of Women in Construction
San AntonioChapter #11
General Business Meeting
Secretary’s Report
May 5, 2010
Call to Order
President Jennifer Swinney called the May 5, 2010 meeting of the San Antonio Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction to order at 6:05 pm at the Petroleum Club.
Inspiration:
Belinda Graham shared an inspiration on Passion.
Introductions of members and guests took place.
President Jennifer Swinney announced the following:
At IAN last month, we presented numerous awards and recognitions, unfortunately some members were unable to attend.
SPONSORSHIPS:
Our chapter can only set big goals, and achieve big visions with the support of company sponsors. Our success is a direct result of the donations of those companies that believe in what our organization is about, and choose to financially invest and support us in promoting educational opportunities and giving back to the community.
Brian Koslow said, “Surround yourself with people who believe in you.”
President Jennifer Swinney presented Leslye Hernandez with an appreciation plaque on behalf of Cram Roofing.
SAFETY & HEALTH: This year the National Safety & Health Committee created a Regional Contest for companies who promote safety awareness. There were 8 applicants from our Region, 5 of those being from San Antonio, and I’m proud to say that the winner was San Antonio company, Martin Marietta Materials, submitted by Rhonda Steves-Jung.
MEMBERSHIP: In the past 19 months, our chapter has grown from 36 members to an incredible 101 members, keeping us in competition with Cleveland Ohio as the largest chapter in the Nation. Our chapter achieved 88% retention this year, losing only 10 members to the declining economy. In addition, with 28 new members so far this year, we
are the chapter with the largest number of new members in the Nation! President Jennifer Swinneypresented certificates to those members who have recruited a new member this year, but were unable to attend IAN.
NEF: As you know education is extremely important to NAWIC, and our San Antonio chapter has strived to encourage personal education amongst our members. President Jennifer Swinney handed out the “shining star” medal to those members who stepped out of their comfort zone and attempted one of the NEF exams this year – pass or fail, you are successful because you tried!
Sunny Bailey - CIT
Celeste Estep - CBT
Sandee Morgan – CBT and both parts of the CDS
Martha Simpson - CIT
Jennifer Swinney – CBT and both parts of the CDS
Becky Wynne – CBT
Program – Guest Speaker:
Reynaldo Garcia – Engineering Safety Consultants
Rey Garcia has been a Safety Consultants with ESC for 7 years. He began his safety experience 30 years ago when he agreed to focus on safety at the refinery he worked at in Corpus Christi. During his time at ESC he was an essential team member for the Toyota Manufacturing Plant where he was the supervisor for the field activities. When not advising about fall protection and hard hat usage, Mr. Garcia enjoys riding horses and playing golf – especially in the NAWIC tournaments. We lovingly refer to him as “Smiley Ray” (you’ll soon see why) and for goodness sakes don’t get him started on the story about the movie he was in….
Meeting minutes
The meeting minutes for the March 2010 general meeting were approved as posted and will be filed as written.
Treasurer’s Report
The April Treasurer’s Report was approved by the board, and is available from Treasurer, Andrea Lopez.
Committee Reports:
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Forum Recap – Terry U. reported on her experiences at Forum and announced that the theme for the San Antonio Forum will be “Pirates”
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Chapter Sales Generated over $450
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We will be hosting Forum next year, and if you’d like to serve on that committee please let me know!
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Membership
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We are currently at 102 members (our goal is 125 by September)
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Sandee is officially a Red Rose Recruiter: to be awarded at Convention
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Monthly Drawing for Members: Jan Mueth won $25. Gift certificate
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Monthly Drawing for Guests: Winner was Nancy Vaughn
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Scholarship - Becky
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Raffle Tickets on sale!
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Drawing Winner: Lindy Buetoich
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Susan G. Komen – Dana reported that 25 members attended, they had a great time.
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Golf Tournament
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Huge success – 156 players! The most we’ve ever had!
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4 All-Women Teams
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Everyone raved and asked to be invited back next year!
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Goal of $7000 profit (we made $9000 last year)
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Net Profit of over $11,500
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What happens on Hole 15 Stays on Hole 15!
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Received a nice book from course
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Course offered us the same rate for next year’s golf tournament.
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Convention – Judy
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Sept 1 – 4: Louisville
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Habitat for Humanity – Sandee
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Sandee Morgan will send out email on date for this event.
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Safety Committee
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CPR/First Aid Course: May 25th & 26th
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$30 for members / $35 for Non-members
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100% profit for the organization; time donated by ESC
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9 attendees sign-up to date
Old Business:
New Business
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The Chapter Board of Directors voted and the National By Laws Chairwoman approved our request to amend our Chapter Standing Rules. The change is to increase the number of Directors to ten. Currently we allow for six Directors.
Our rationale is that with a membership of 100 and growing our board feels that our members need more representation on the board. Having ten Directors will allow for approximately one director per ten members.
Vote was taken and approved.
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Nominating Committee – Celeste
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Slate will be posted to the website
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Voting will take place in June & further nominations will be able to be taken from the floor.
Announcements:
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DATES TO REMEMBER:
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May 13 – Parking Lot Mixer
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May 15 – Habitat for Humanity Build
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May 19 – Board Meeting
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May 20 – SpawGlass Luau
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May 25&26 – CPR/First Aid
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June 2 – General Meeting
Split pot: Winner: Amount: $160.00
Additional Prizes: Massage $100 Value Winner: Melinda Decker
Additional Prizes: Massage $100 Value Winner: Michelle Urbanczyk
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With no further business or announcement, the General Meeting was adjourned at 8:12 pm.
Tricia A. Navarro Jennifer M. Swinney, CIT
Secretary President
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